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So Windows 8 RTM launched yesterday and lots of people installed their copy from MSDN. I did the same but after the installation i couldn’t get my copy to activate. I kept receiving an error “DNS name does not exist ” 0x8007232B when i wanted to activate my windows copy.

The problem is that you didn’t have to fill in your key during the installation and now Windows 8 is trying to activate with a default key which is failing.

You can fix this in a few easy steps:

Press the “Windows” key on your keyboard or go back to the “Metro” start screen

type “slui 3” and press enter

a popup shows up where you can enter your new key. enter this key and press activate

About me

My name is Geert van der Cruijsen and I'm working as a senior consultant at Avanade. The focus of my work is working on mobile solutions based on the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platform. On this blog I'll try to inform you on new and interesting things I run into that could be useful to others. This is a personal blog and my opinions written here are not related to my employer.